Italy

The 2014 Monsecco Gattinarsa is mildly bricked which might seem old at first, but once the nose comes out it's fully ready and out for the night wi...

Made from the Turbiana grape, a local specialty in Lake Garda, in the Lugana appellation of Lombardy. Aromas of pear, citrus and white spring flowe...

Aglianico is the superstar grape of Southern Italy. Earthy and rich, this wine is a perfect foil for meats and ragus. Red fruits dominate the nose ...

100% Garganega from a minimum of 60-year-old vines planted to volcanic soil. Following strict selection of 100% hand-harvested fruit. Made in a "Su...

  50% Barbera/50% Bonarda (aka Croatina). Named for an old farmhouse in the midst of the vineyard, Macchiona is La Stoppa's flagship red. It is mad...

One of those cool Italian whites that doesn't really fit in anywhere. The troubled school kid waiting to graduate. It has the high acid, northern I...

From the famous Chianti producer Volpaia comes this IGT Toscana with a similar cepage, more volume and berry depth.

White blossoms and delicate fruit on the nose – golden apple, pear, a tinge of ripe lemon -- it features stony minerality, bright, refreshing acidi...

From the single-vineyard site Cascina Cariola. One of those weird Italian whites that cannot be replicated anywhere else in the world. This Erbaluc...

  This wine is made from the Grillo grape, translated to grasshopper, alluding to the hoppyness and vibrancy that it shows. Medium bodied wit...

The briny expanse of seafaring life forages a thirst. A viking sized, Tuscan thirst. This isn’t cypress tree-lined Tuscany, but the rugged, overg...

  Tie your socks....mono-varietal Nero d'Avola from calcareous and clay vineyards. Succulent and powerful with loads of licorice and spice. The ear...

This ancient, but not well known, dark skinned grape, is red intensity. Packed with great acidity and minerality, this wine has character to spare....

Made from 100% of the Vespolina grape. It is a masculine but elegant wine marked by a strong flavor of bitter cherry with an intense minerality to ...

70% Nebbiolo, 20% Vespolina, 10% Croatina. Light Nebbiolo with a fine essence of earth, truffle, violets and everything that's beautiful about the ...

60% Nebbiolo, 20% Vespolina and 20% Uva Rara. Very exotic form of Nebbiolo where the spices on the nose contain the standard array of dried flowers...

This “Bitter Queen” is probably the most revered on the market. It is produced in the Marche region of Italy from rhubarb, dried orange peel, clove...

From the mysterious Teroldego grape that is seldom seen, often compared to Italy's Syrah equivalent. Gamey, tight, somewhat inky with powerful viol...

Nose: Fresh off the tree fruit -- raspberry, pomegranate, navel orange, passion fruit -- that is filled with tons of roaming and magnetic energy. E...

Real surprise for the price. Ultra alive fruit and earth make this a splendid display of Etna Rosso in it's most humble yet glamorous mode of being.